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Benches

I just decided to take up wood working a little over a year ago due to health reasons. I could not continue with my past hobbies, so I decided to take up WW late in life. I know that I will never get the years of experience needed to accomplish what others do, but if I am having fun, so what? Fun is fun, at whatever level one is at. I work exclusively with pine or fir due to low cost and easy availability. I even use pocket hole screws, and pin nailers!

My first project was a basic 5 board bench. It was just an exercise in measuring and cutting accurately. My wife had given me a set of Forstner bits for Christmas, so with a jig saw and a circular saw, I built this bench for her little Poodle to stand on to see out of our dining room windows.

Wood Table Composite material Hardwood Plywood


Next I built a variation of the 5 board bench by adding a back to it for our G-kids. The color was DIL's choice. It looks like baby Jaxton likes it.

Green Wood Aqua Gas Piano


Cheek Skin Head Chin Eye


Another 5 board bench for a neighbor's G- daughter, assembled with pocket holes and pin nails, to be painted.

Table Wood Floor Workbench Hardwood


Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Hardwood


Another variation on the 5 board bench, V3.0. This one is to be used as a photographic prop for someone that specializes in photoing children.

Outdoor bench Furniture Rectangle Wood Outdoor furniture


Wood Hardwood Automotive exterior Wood stain Plywood


And finally my garden bench that became our back porch bench. I custom sized it's seat height and arm rest height to be comfortable for me. Other than those changes, it is direct from the plan at Yellawood.com. i painted it to match the trim on our house, but will let the treated wood legs air dry before painting them later.

Outdoor bench Furniture Street furniture Rectangle Wood


Outdoor bench Street furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle
 

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#2 ·
Benches

I just decided to take up wood working a little over a year ago due to health reasons. I could not continue with my past hobbies, so I decided to take up WW late in life. I know that I will never get the years of experience needed to accomplish what others do, but if I am having fun, so what? Fun is fun, at whatever level one is at. I work exclusively with pine or fir due to low cost and easy availability. I even use pocket hole screws, and pin nailers!

My first project was a basic 5 board bench. It was just an exercise in measuring and cutting accurately. My wife had given me a set of Forstner bits for Christmas, so with a jig saw and a circular saw, I built this bench for her little Poodle to stand on to see out of our dining room windows.

Wood Table Composite material Hardwood Plywood


Next I built a variation of the 5 board bench by adding a back to it for our G-kids. The color was DIL's choice. It looks like baby Jaxton likes it.

Green Wood Aqua Gas Piano


Cheek Skin Head Chin Eye


Another 5 board bench for a neighbor's G- daughter, assembled with pocket holes and pin nails, to be painted.

Table Wood Floor Workbench Hardwood


Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Hardwood


Another variation on the 5 board bench, V3.0. This one is to be used as a photographic prop for someone that specializes in photoing children.

Outdoor bench Furniture Rectangle Wood Outdoor furniture


Wood Hardwood Automotive exterior Wood stain Plywood


And finally my garden bench that became our back porch bench. I custom sized it's seat height and arm rest height to be comfortable for me. Other than those changes, it is direct from the plan at Yellawood.com. i painted it to match the trim on our house, but will let the treated wood legs air dry before painting them later.

Outdoor bench Furniture Street furniture Rectangle Wood


Outdoor bench Street furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle
I love benches. I love your benches. Keep benching.
 

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Benches

I just decided to take up wood working a little over a year ago due to health reasons. I could not continue with my past hobbies, so I decided to take up WW late in life. I know that I will never get the years of experience needed to accomplish what others do, but if I am having fun, so what? Fun is fun, at whatever level one is at. I work exclusively with pine or fir due to low cost and easy availability. I even use pocket hole screws, and pin nailers!

My first project was a basic 5 board bench. It was just an exercise in measuring and cutting accurately. My wife had given me a set of Forstner bits for Christmas, so with a jig saw and a circular saw, I built this bench for her little Poodle to stand on to see out of our dining room windows.

Wood Table Composite material Hardwood Plywood


Next I built a variation of the 5 board bench by adding a back to it for our G-kids. The color was DIL's choice. It looks like baby Jaxton likes it.

Green Wood Aqua Gas Piano


Cheek Skin Head Chin Eye


Another 5 board bench for a neighbor's G- daughter, assembled with pocket holes and pin nails, to be painted.

Table Wood Floor Workbench Hardwood


Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Hardwood


Another variation on the 5 board bench, V3.0. This one is to be used as a photographic prop for someone that specializes in photoing children.

Outdoor bench Furniture Rectangle Wood Outdoor furniture


Wood Hardwood Automotive exterior Wood stain Plywood


And finally my garden bench that became our back porch bench. I custom sized it's seat height and arm rest height to be comfortable for me. Other than those changes, it is direct from the plan at Yellawood.com. i painted it to match the trim on our house, but will let the treated wood legs air dry before painting them later.

Outdoor bench Furniture Street furniture Rectangle Wood


Outdoor bench Street furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle
Thanks jumbojack.

You have some very nice projects posted.
 

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Benches

I just decided to take up wood working a little over a year ago due to health reasons. I could not continue with my past hobbies, so I decided to take up WW late in life. I know that I will never get the years of experience needed to accomplish what others do, but if I am having fun, so what? Fun is fun, at whatever level one is at. I work exclusively with pine or fir due to low cost and easy availability. I even use pocket hole screws, and pin nailers!

My first project was a basic 5 board bench. It was just an exercise in measuring and cutting accurately. My wife had given me a set of Forstner bits for Christmas, so with a jig saw and a circular saw, I built this bench for her little Poodle to stand on to see out of our dining room windows.

Wood Table Composite material Hardwood Plywood


Next I built a variation of the 5 board bench by adding a back to it for our G-kids. The color was DIL's choice. It looks like baby Jaxton likes it.

Green Wood Aqua Gas Piano


Cheek Skin Head Chin Eye


Another 5 board bench for a neighbor's G- daughter, assembled with pocket holes and pin nails, to be painted.

Table Wood Floor Workbench Hardwood


Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Hardwood


Another variation on the 5 board bench, V3.0. This one is to be used as a photographic prop for someone that specializes in photoing children.

Outdoor bench Furniture Rectangle Wood Outdoor furniture


Wood Hardwood Automotive exterior Wood stain Plywood


And finally my garden bench that became our back porch bench. I custom sized it's seat height and arm rest height to be comfortable for me. Other than those changes, it is direct from the plan at Yellawood.com. i painted it to match the trim on our house, but will let the treated wood legs air dry before painting them later.

Outdoor bench Furniture Street furniture Rectangle Wood


Outdoor bench Street furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle
You show put your pocket holes on the inside of the legs,looks better.but nice benches.
 

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Benches

I just decided to take up wood working a little over a year ago due to health reasons. I could not continue with my past hobbies, so I decided to take up WW late in life. I know that I will never get the years of experience needed to accomplish what others do, but if I am having fun, so what? Fun is fun, at whatever level one is at. I work exclusively with pine or fir due to low cost and easy availability. I even use pocket hole screws, and pin nailers!

My first project was a basic 5 board bench. It was just an exercise in measuring and cutting accurately. My wife had given me a set of Forstner bits for Christmas, so with a jig saw and a circular saw, I built this bench for her little Poodle to stand on to see out of our dining room windows.

Wood Table Composite material Hardwood Plywood


Next I built a variation of the 5 board bench by adding a back to it for our G-kids. The color was DIL's choice. It looks like baby Jaxton likes it.

Green Wood Aqua Gas Piano


Cheek Skin Head Chin Eye


Another 5 board bench for a neighbor's G- daughter, assembled with pocket holes and pin nails, to be painted.

Table Wood Floor Workbench Hardwood


Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Hardwood


Another variation on the 5 board bench, V3.0. This one is to be used as a photographic prop for someone that specializes in photoing children.

Outdoor bench Furniture Rectangle Wood Outdoor furniture


Wood Hardwood Automotive exterior Wood stain Plywood


And finally my garden bench that became our back porch bench. I custom sized it's seat height and arm rest height to be comfortable for me. Other than those changes, it is direct from the plan at Yellawood.com. i painted it to match the trim on our house, but will let the treated wood legs air dry before painting them later.

Outdoor bench Furniture Street furniture Rectangle Wood


Outdoor bench Street furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle
daddywoofdawg-- thanks for the tip. I do put some on the inside, too. All of my benches are to be painted, so I plug the holes and all are invisible after painting.

I am not fond of stain and clear finish on pine, but if I was going to do that, I would not use pocket holes at all.

I make my own plugs with a jig that I made to cut them from dowel material.
 

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#6 ·
Bluebird houses

For a while over the winter, it seemed like I was doomed to building bluebird houses forever. All of the ones that I made were copies of one in our back yard that has a proven track record. Last year it housed bluebirds through three cycles of eggs and babies. The entrance hole is not the correct size according to all that I read online, but I guess these Texas bluebirds have not been online looking at houses. Some of these photos are of my wife's houses, her daughters, and a young friend that I try to mentor whenever the opportunity arises.

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The Darbin Orvar stool

I follow Darbin Orvar on Youtube and built the stool that she featured last year. i even tried something new to me, distressing a painted finish. I used the leftovers of the Teal Green bench that I made previously, and top coated it with leftover color from a kitchen project. I sanded some "worn" places on some of the edges for a used appearance. We were invited to the second birthday of a friend's child and did not know what to give her. it came to me in a flash! The stool. The child took one look at it and put it on the floor and sat on it with a big smile.

Shoe Smile Leg Purple Pink


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Table Furniture Wood Rectangle Desk
 

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The Darbin Orvar stool

I follow Darbin Orvar on Youtube and built the stool that she featured last year. i even tried something new to me, distressing a painted finish. I used the leftovers of the Teal Green bench that I made previously, and top coated it with leftover color from a kitchen project. I sanded some "worn" places on some of the edges for a used appearance. We were invited to the second birthday of a friend's child and did not know what to give her. it came to me in a flash! The stool. The child took one look at it and put it on the floor and sat on it with a big smile.

Shoe Smile Leg Purple Pink


Table Furniture Wood Rectangle Natural material


Table Blue Green Wood Rectangle


Wood Table Rectangle Natural material Composite material


Table Wood Rectangle Desk Creative arts


Table Furniture Wood Rectangle Desk
Nice work. I really liked the colour, very fresh :)
 

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Shop projects

Being new to woodworking, shop projects are a large part of my efforts as new tools come into the shop and the shop becomes more of a shop than a garage. I am refurbishing one wall at a time, so please keep that in mind when an unfinished wall comes into view.

This was an early project to get my clamps out of the way. It was just a simple box placed on said unfinished wall. please excuse the trailer park curtains. They have been replaced now with the mini blinds. :)

Wood Line Gas Electrical wiring Curtain


This is the second tool cart. It has a new miter saw attached to it now, but still has the small power tools on the lower shelf. Plans are for a shallow drawer up top, and a deeper one for the power tools under it.

Table Desk Wood Gas Machine


Saw Abrasive saw Circular saw Miter saw Radial arm saw


After having my lumber piled on the floor for so long, I finally built a rack for it. I looked at all of the popular racks like Steve Ramsey's but most were more involved than i wanted to invest in, time or money. I am going to put a third layer on it, just a half length, for my cut offs.

Wood Plank Wood stain Flooring Hardwood


Wheel Wood Tire Floor Flooring


This is the first tool cart. as you can see from my photos, I like to get multiple tools on each cart. I also put everything on casters. My wife says I am the king of casters because I stockpile them when I buy. Why not, it takes 4 per cart. On this one is my Craftsman bandsaw, my Rebel router table, and my HF combo sander. Also, shoe box storage below. I love this Rebel router table. It has a cast iron top, with miter and split fence, and cast aluminum framework. At a bit over $200, it was the most economical way to have a router table as opposed to building one from scratch, which I may do eventually using the cast iron top from this one.

I don't normally like things from HF, but I read about 50 reviews on it and knew that it's shortcoming were things that could easily be fixed, plus it used 6" stick on paper for the disc sander, which I happen to have a lot of from my auto body days.

The bandsaw is a Craftsman rebranded Rikon, so I got a better saw than I paid for, considering it was on sale and I used my Sears points for further discounting.

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Electrical wiring Gas Machine Wood Engineering


Wood Gas Engineering Machine Electrical wiring
 

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#10 ·
Shop projects

Being new to woodworking, shop projects are a large part of my efforts as new tools come into the shop and the shop becomes more of a shop than a garage. I am refurbishing one wall at a time, so please keep that in mind when an unfinished wall comes into view.

This was an early project to get my clamps out of the way. It was just a simple box placed on said unfinished wall. please excuse the trailer park curtains. They have been replaced now with the mini blinds. :)

Wood Line Gas Electrical wiring Curtain


This is the second tool cart. It has a new miter saw attached to it now, but still has the small power tools on the lower shelf. Plans are for a shallow drawer up top, and a deeper one for the power tools under it.

Table Desk Wood Gas Machine


Saw Abrasive saw Circular saw Miter saw Radial arm saw


After having my lumber piled on the floor for so long, I finally built a rack for it. I looked at all of the popular racks like Steve Ramsey's but most were more involved than i wanted to invest in, time or money. I am going to put a third layer on it, just a half length, for my cut offs.

Wood Plank Wood stain Flooring Hardwood


Wheel Wood Tire Floor Flooring


This is the first tool cart. as you can see from my photos, I like to get multiple tools on each cart. I also put everything on casters. My wife says I am the king of casters because I stockpile them when I buy. Why not, it takes 4 per cart. On this one is my Craftsman bandsaw, my Rebel router table, and my HF combo sander. Also, shoe box storage below. I love this Rebel router table. It has a cast iron top, with miter and split fence, and cast aluminum framework. At a bit over $200, it was the most economical way to have a router table as opposed to building one from scratch, which I may do eventually using the cast iron top from this one.

I don't normally like things from HF, but I read about 50 reviews on it and knew that it's shortcoming were things that could easily be fixed, plus it used 6" stick on paper for the disc sander, which I happen to have a lot of from my auto body days.

The bandsaw is a Craftsman rebranded Rikon, so I got a better saw than I paid for, considering it was on sale and I used my Sears points for further discounting.

Machine tool Gas Wood Toolroom Machine


Electrical wiring Gas Machine Wood Engineering


Wood Gas Engineering Machine Electrical wiring
Gonna steal that lumber rack design and put a workbench top on it… I need to get my lumber the floor as well and I need a work bench. Thanks for the idea.
 

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